Hekiru Hikawa

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1975)}}

{{nihongo|Hekiru Hikawa|氷川へきる|Hikawa Hekiru|born January 31, 1975 in Tokyo}} is a Japanese manga artist, best known for creating Pani Poni. Pani Poni was adapted into an anime television series and spun off into two manga series, Maro-Mayu and The Alternative Cure Magical Girl Behoimi-chan. However Hikawa ended the series in 2011 to work on other projects.[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-21/hekiru-hikawa-to-end-poni-poni-manga-plan-episode-0 Hekiru Hikawa to End Pani Poni Manga, Plan 'Episode 0'] Hikawa is currently working on his new manga series, Candy Pop Nightmare.[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-24/pani-poni-hikawa-launches-candy-pop-nightmare-manga Pani Poni's Hikawa Launches Candy Pop Nightmare Manga]